Physical anhedonia in major depressive disorder. |
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| Authors: | G Loas E Salinas J D Guelfi B Samuel-Lajeunesse |
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| Affiliation: | Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l'Encéphale (C.M.M.E.), Paris, France. |
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| Abstract: | Physical anhedonia, evaluated by the score on the physical anhedonia scale (PAS) of Chapman et al. [J. Abnorm. Psychol. 4 374-382 (1976)] was studied in 61 patients, who met RDC criteria for major depressive disorder and in 61 normal subjects. The depressed patients scored significantly higher than the normal group and presented a continuous distribution. Physical anhedonia of depressed patients seems related to the severity of the depression and does not appear to identify a qualitatively distinct subgroup. |
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